Two pieces of advice re: understanding the Tea Party crazies

[MannyGoldstein]

The smartest psychologist I know (who also happens to be my dad) always emphasized two things when I was growing up:

1. Never try to figure out what crazy people are thinking. You'll never succeed, you'll only get angry.
2. When dealing with a bully, start by hitting them in the head with a 2x4 and tell 'em "That was for nothing. Wait and see what happens if you try something." It's the only thing they understand.

It's been many years, but I've yet to see either of these proven wrong.

I hope they're helpful.

[flamingdem]

1. Well now we understand teh stupid

The Tea Partiers have all been hit repeatedly by 2x4s!

[snooper2]

2. If so the person doing it wasn't very effective

Now, if you hit them once a minute and said-

Mark Levin is an idiot- whack-

Mark Levin is an idiot- whack-

Mark Levin is an idiot- whack-

Mark Levin is an idiot- whack-

Mark Levin is an idiot- whack-

Mark Levin is an idiot- whack-

break,

repeat--

It might work

[flamingdem]

3. Didn't know him, had to google him and yes

Mark Levin is an idiot! So there's nothing wrong with adding that to the procedure.

[TheKentuckian]

5. Nope, they have been coddled and knuckled under for.

Nary a 2x4 yet. Nothing to get the message across that best case scenario, all their trouble put into bullying is blood and teeth on the floor.

There must be a price every time they try their shit and it must be sky high. There must be risk.

[TheKentuckian]

4. Wise man

[jsr]

6. Wisdom for the ages

for all ages.

[Half-Century Man]

7. Saw this on a poster years ago.

Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

[DonCoquixote]

8. Here is some adivce from Ron Dewolf

Aka L. Ron Hubbard Jr., who was asked about helping his dad make Scientology.

"Most people think these people are so insane and wild and berserk and unpredictable. Not to me. Insane people are very predictable, because they're trapped on the same mental and spiritual merry-go-round and all they can do is go round and round."

http://www.xenu.net/archive/ronthenut/penthous.htm